To: Jeff Green

 BL> I've noticed that many of these internet programs are for OS/2.
 BL> It strikes me as rather weird. I'd have thought Windows would
 BL> dominate, even for sysops running a BBS.

 JG> Windows if fairly insignificant in the network world at the
 JG> moment. And yes, I've seen the figures of 156% growth in NT
 JG> sales last year. 156% of what though? 

  It seems to me that business has decided that Win95/6 is such a
hassle over Win31 that they may as well go the whole hog with NT.

 BL> Most software seems to be set up for slip-ppp accounts. UUCP is
 BL> a bit of an orphan... so Paul makes it his first choice! I
 BL> think there's a clue to Paul's mentality in there somewhere.

 JG> ppp/slip is used for connection to systems that are more or
 JG> less permanently connected. uucp is the one of the easiest ways
 JG> to get offline (read cheaper) news reading capabilities. 

  Yair, I know that, but slip/ppp is by far the dominant connection,
with UUCP linked into that. In fact, I thought that was what Paul
intended: to run a UUCP mail system on the end of his normal ISP
account.

  Fido was set up to save time online; the Internet is developing the
other way. Even so, offline mail has other advantages. I really can't
see a point in typing live... that's why God invented telephones. I
used to do that back in the 50's when tetetype was really hot stuff
state of the art.

Regards,
Bob


 
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